Matthew 19 Cross References - Wycliffe

¹ And it was don, whanne Jhesus hadde endid these wordis, he passide fro Galilee, and cam in to the coostis of Judee ouer Jordan. ² And myche puple suede him, and he heelide hem there. ³ And Farisees camen to him, temptynge him, and seiden, Whether it be leueful to a man to leeue his wijf, for ony cause? ⁴ Which answeride, and seide to hem, Han ye not red, for he that made men at the bigynnyng, made hem male and female? ⁵ And he seide, For this thing a man schal leeue fadir and modir, and he schal draw to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. ⁶ And so thei ben not now tweyne, but o fleisch. Therfor a man departe not that thing that God hath ioyned. ⁷ Thei seien to hym, What thanne comaundide Moises, to yyue a libel of forsakyng, and to leeue of? ⁸ And he seide to hem, For Moises, for the hardnesse of youre herte, suffride you leeue youre wyues; but fro the bigynnyng it was not so. ⁹ And Y seie to you, that who euer leeueth his wijf, but for fornycacioun, and weddith another, doith letcherie; and he that weddith the forsakun wijf, doith letcherie. ¹⁰ His disciplis seien to him, If the cause of a man with a wijf is so, it spedith not to be weddid. ¹¹ And he seide to hem, Not alle men taken this word; but to whiche it is youun. ¹² For ther ben geldingis, whiche ben thus born of the modris wombe; and ther ben geldyngis, that ben maad of men; and there ben geldyngis, that han geldid hem silf, for the kyngdom of heuenes. He that may take, `take he. ¹³ Thanne litle children weren brouyte to hym, that he schulde putte hondis to hem, and preie. ¹⁴ And the disciplis blamyden hem. But Jhesus seide to hem, Suffre ye that litle children come to me, and nyle ye forbede hem; for of siche is the kyngdom of heuenes. ¹⁵ And whanne he hadde put to hem hondis, he wente fro thennus. ¹⁶ And lo! oon cam, and seide to hym, Good maister, what good schal Y do, that Y haue euerlastynge lijf? ¹⁷ Which seith to hym, What axist thou me of good thing? There is o good God. But if thou wolt entre to lijf, kepe the comaundementis. ¹⁸ He seith to hym, Whiche? And Jhesus seide, Thou schalt not do mansleying, thou schalt not do auowtrie, thou schalt not do thefte, thou schalt not seie fals witnessying; ¹⁹ worschipe thi fadir and thi modir, and, thou schalt loue thi neiybore as thi silf. ²⁰ The yonge man seith to hym, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my youthe, what yit failith to me? ²¹ Jhesus seith to hym, If thou wolt be perfite, go, and sille alle thingis that thou hast, and yyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresoure in heuene; and come, and sue me. ²² And whanne the yong man hadde herd these wordis, he wente awei sorewful, for he hadde many possessiouns. ²³ And Jhesus seide to hise disciplis, Y seie to you treuthe, for a riche man of hard schal entre in to the kyngdom of heuenes. ²⁴ And eftsoone Y seie to you, it is liyter a camel to passe thorou a needlis iye, thanne a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of heuens. ²⁵ Whanne these thingis weren herd, the disciplis wondriden greetli, and seiden, Who thanne may be saaf? ²⁶ Jhesus bihelde, and seide to hem, Anentis men this thing is impossible; but anentis God alle thingis ben possible. ²⁷ Thanne Petre answeride, and seide to hym, Lo! we han forsake alle thingis, and we han suede thee; what thanne schal be to vs? ²⁸ Jhesus seide to hem, Truli I seie to you, that ye that han forsake alle thingis, and han sued me, in the regeneracioun whanne mannus sone schal sitte in the sete of his maieste, ye schulen sitte on twelue setis, demynge the twelue kynredis of Israel. ²⁹ And euery man that forsakith hous, britheren or sistren, fadir or modir, wijf ethir children, or feeldis, for my name, he schal take an hundrid foold, and schal welde euerlastynge lijf. ³⁰ But manye schulen be, the firste the laste, and the laste the firste.

²⁷ And God made of nouyt a man to his ymage and liknesse; God made of nouyt a man, to the ymage of God; God made of nouyt hem, male and female.

¹⁸ And the Lord God seide, It is not good that a man be aloone, make we to hym an help lijk to hym silf.

²¹ Therfore the Lord God sente sleep in to Adam, and whanne he slepte, God took oon of hise ribbis, and fillide fleisch for it. ²² And the Lord God bildide the rib which he hadde take fro Adam in to a womman, and brouyte hir to Adam. ²³ And Adam seide, This is now a boon of my boonys, and fleisch of my fleisch; this schal be clepid virago, `for she is takun of man.

²³ And Adam seide, This is now a boon of my boonys, and fleisch of my fleisch; this schal be clepid virago, `for she is takun of man. ²⁴ Wherfor a man schal forsake fadir and modir, and schal cleue to his wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

²⁴ Wherfor a man schal forsake fadir and modir, and schal cleue to his wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

² God formede hem male and female, and blesside hem, and clepide the name of hem Adam, in the day in which thei weren formed.

⁹ These ben the generaciouns of Noe. Noe was a iust man and perfit in hise generaciouns; Noe yede with God,

⁷ And Noe entride in to the schip, and hise sones, and hise wijf, and the wyues of his sones, entriden with him for the watris of the greet flood.

¹⁸ And Farao clepide Abram, and seide to hym, What is it that thou hast do to me? whi schewidist thou not to me, that sche was thi wijf? ¹⁹ for what cause seidist thou, that sche was thi sister, that Y schulde take hir in to wife to me? Now therfor lo! thi wiif; take thou hir, and go.

¹ Forsothe aftir that Abram bigan to be of nynti yeer and nyne, the Lord apperide to hym, and seide to him, Y am Almyyti God; go thou bifore me, and be thou perfit;

⁷ and Y schal make my couenaunt bitwixe me and thee, and bitwixe thi seed after thee, in her generaciouns, bi euerlastynge bond of pees, that Y be thi God, and of thi seed after thee; ⁸ and Y schal yyue to thee and to thi seed after thee the lond of thi pilgrymage, al the lond of Chanaan, in to euerlastynge possessioun, and Y schal be the God of hem.

²⁴ Abraham was of nynti yeer and nyne whanne he circumsidide the fleisch of his yeerd, ²⁵ and Ismael, his sone, hadde fillid threttene yeer in the tyme of his circumsicioun. ²⁶ Abraham was circumsidid in the same day, and Ismael his sone,

¹⁴ whether ony thing is hard to God? Bi the biheeste Y schal turne ayen to thee in this same tyme, if Y lyue; and Sara schal haue a sone.

³ Sotheli God cam to Abymalec bi a sweuene in the nyyt, and seide to hym, Lo! thou schalt die, for the wooman which thou hast take, for sche hath an hosebond.

⁴ And Abraham circumcidide hym in the eiyte dai, as God comaundide to him,

³ And his soule was boundun faste with hir, and he pleside hir sory with flateringis.

¹ And so whanne these thingis weren don, it was teld to Joseph, that his fadir was sijk. And he took hise twei sones, Manasses and Effraym, and he disposide to go.

⁹ He answeride, Thei ben my sones, whiche God yaf to me in this place. Jacob seide, Brynge hem to me that Y blesse hem. ¹⁰ For `the iyen of Israel, dasewiden for greet eelde, and he myyte not se clereli; and he kisside and collide tho children ioyned to hym, and seide to his sone, <sup>11</sup> Y am not defraudid of thi siyt; ferthermore God schewide to me thi seed. <sup>12</sup> And whanne Joseph hadde take hem fro `the fadris lappe, he worschipide lowe to erthe. ¹³ And he sette Effraym on his riyt side, that is, on the lift side of Israel; forsothe he settide Manasses in his lift side, that is, on the riyt side of the fadir; and he ioynede bothe to hym. ¹⁴ Which helde forth the riyt hond, and settide on `the heed of Effraym, the lesse brothir; sotheli he settide the left hond on `the heed of Manasses, that was the more thury birthe. Jacob chaungide `the hondes, <sup>15</sup> and blesside his sone Joseph, and seide, God, in whos siyt my fadris Abraham and Isaac yeden; God, that fedith me fro my yong wexynge age til in to present day; <sup>16</sup> the aungel that delyuerede me fro alle yuelis, blesse thes children, and my name be clepid on hem, and the names of my fadris Abraham and Ysaac; and wexe thei in multitude on erthe. <sup>17</sup> Forsothe Joseph seiy that his fadir hadde set the riyt hond on the heed of Effraym, and took heuyli, and he enforside to reise the fadris hond takun fro the heed of Effraym, and to bere `ouer on `the heed of Manasses. <sup>18</sup> And he seide to the fadir, Fadir, it acordith not so; for this is the firste gendrid; sette thi riyt hond on the heed `of hym. ¹⁹ Which forsook and seide, Y woot, my sone, Y woot; and sotheli this child schal be in to puplis, and he schal be multiplied; but his yonger brother schal be more than he, and `his seed schal encreesse in to folkis. ²⁰ And he blesside hem in that tyme, and seide, Israel schal be blessid in thee, Joseph, and it schal be seid, God do to thee as to Effraym and as to Manasses. And he settide Effraym bifore Manasses;

¹² Onoure thi fadir and thi moder, that thou be long lyuyng on the lond, which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee.

¹² Onoure thi fadir and thi moder, that thou be long lyuyng on the lond, which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee. ¹³ Thou schalt not sle. ¹⁴ Thou schalt `do no letcherie.

¹⁴ Thou schalt `do no letcherie. <sup>15</sup> Thou schalt `do no theft.

¹⁵ Thou schalt `do no theft. <sup>16</sup> Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore. <sup>17</sup> Thou schalt not coueyte `the hous of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt desyre his wijf, not seruaunt, not handmaide, not oxe, not asse, nether alle thingis that ben hise.

⁴ Forsothe Moises wroot alle the wordis of the Lord; and he roos eerli, and bildide an auter to the Lord at the rootis of the hil, and he bildide twelue titlis bi twelue lynagis of Israel.

²¹ and schulen haue the names of the sones of Israel: tho schulen be graven with twelue names; al stonus bi hem silf, with the names of the sones `of Israel bi hem silf, bi twelue lynagis.

⁵ Kepe ye my lawis and domes, whiche a man `schal do, and schal lyue in tho; Y am youre Lord God.

³ Ech man drede his fadir and his modir. Kepe ye my sabatis; Y am youre Lord God.

¹⁸ Thou schalt not seke veniaunce, nether thou schalt be myndeful of the wrong of thi cyteseyns; thou schalt loue thi freend as thi silf; Y am the Lord.

⁵ Also thou schalt take wheete flour, and thou schalt bake therof twelue looues, which schulen haue ech bi hem silf twei tenthe partis,

²³ To whom the Lord answeride, Whether the `hond of the Lord is vnmyyti? riyt now thou schalt se, wher my word schal be fillid in werk.

⁴ Forsothe ye that cleuen to youre Lord God lyuen alle `til in to present day.

¹⁶ Onoure thi fadir and thi modir, as thi Lord God comaundide to thee, that thou lyue in long tyme, and that it be wel to thee, in the lond which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee.

¹⁶ Onoure thi fadir and thi modir, as thi Lord God comaundide to thee, that thou lyue in long tyme, and that it be wel to thee, in the lond which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee. ¹⁷ Thou schalt not sle. ¹⁸ Thou schalt not do letcherie. ¹⁹ And thou schalt not do thefte. ²⁰ Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore. ²¹ Thou schalt not coueite `the wijf of thi neiybore, not hows, not feeld, not seruaunt, not handmayde, not oxe, not asse, and alle thingis that ben hise.

¹⁰ And whanne thi Lord God hath brouyt thee in to the lond, for which he swoor to thi fadris, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and hath youe to thee grete citees, and beeste, whiche thou bildidist not, ¹¹ housis fulle of alle richessis, whiche thou madist not, and cisternes, which thou diggedist not, `places of vynes, and `places of olyues, whiche thou plauntidist not, ¹² and thou hast ete, and art fillid,

¹⁰ that whanne thou hast ete, and art fillid, thou blesse thi Lord God for the beste lond which he yaf to thee. ¹¹ Therfor kepe thou, and be war, lest ony tyme thou foryete thi Lord God, and dispise hise comaundementis, and domes, and cerymonyes, whiche Y comaunde to thee to dai; ¹² lest aftir that thou hast ete, and art fillid, hast bildid faire housis, and hast dwellid in tho, ¹³ and hast droues of oxun, and flockis of scheep, and plente of siluer, and of gold, and of alle thingis, thine herte be reisid, ¹⁴ and thenke not on thi Lord God, that ledde thee out of the lond of Egipt, and fro the hous of seruage, ¹⁵ and was thi ledere in the greet wildirnesse and ferdful, in which was a serpent brenninge with blast, and scorpioun, and dipsas, and outirli no `watris; which Lord ledde out stremes of the hardeste stoon, ¹⁶ and fedde thee with manna in the wildirnesse, which manna thi fadris knewen not. And after that the Lord turmentid thee, and preuede, at the last he hadd mersi on thee, ¹⁷ lest thou woldist seie in thin herte, My strengthe, and the myyt of myn hond yaf alle these thingis to me. ¹⁸ But thenke thou on thi Lord God, that he yaf strengthis to thee, that he schulde fille his couenaunt, of whiche he swoor to thi fadris, as present dai schewith.

²⁰ Thou schalt drede thi Lord God, and thou schalt serue hym aloone, and thou schalt cleue to hym, and thou schalt swere in his name.

²² For if ye kepen the heestis whiche Y comaunde to you, and ye do tho, that ye loue youre Lord God, and go in alle hise weies,

¹ If a man takith a wijf, and hath hir, and sche fyndith not grace bifor hise iyen for sum vilite, he schal write a `libel, ethir litil book, of forsakyng, and he schal yyue in `the hond of hir, and he schal delyuere hir fro his hows. ² And whanne sche goith out, and weddith anothir hosebonde, ³ and he also hatith hir, and yyueth to hir a `litil booke of forsakyng, and delyuereth hir fro his hows, ethir certis he is deed, ⁴ the formere hosebonde schal not mow resseyue hir in to wijf, for sche is defoulid, and maad abhomynable bifore the Lord; lest thou make thi lond to do synne, which lond thi Lord God yaf to thee to welde.

⁹ which Leuy seide to his fadir and to his modir, Y knowe not you, and to hise britheren, Y knowe not hem; and knewen not her sones. These kepten thi speche, and these kepten thi couenaunt; A!

¹² Make ye redi twelue men of the twelue lynagis of Israel, bi ech lynage o man.

⁷ but he answeride this, Lo! thou schalt conseyue, and schalt bere a sone; be thou war, that thou drynke not wyn ne sidur, nether ete ony vncleene thing; for the child schal be a Nazarey, `that is, hooli of the Lord, fro his yonge age and fro the modris wombe `til to the dai of his deeth.

²³ and bigunnun to crye `aftir the bak. Whiche whanne thei hadden biholde, seiden to Mychas, What wolt thou to thee? whi criest thou? ²⁴ Which answeride, Ye han take awey my goddis whiche Y made to me, and the preest, and alle thingis whiche Y haue; and ye seien, What is to thee?

¹¹ and made a vow, and seide, Lord God of oostis, if thou biholdist, and seest the turment of thi seruauntesse, and hast mynde of me, and foryetis not thin handmayde, and yyuest to thi seruauntesse `a male kynde, Y schal yyue hym to the Lord in alle daies of his lijf, and a rasour schal not stie on his heed.

²² And Anna stiede not, for sche hadde seid to hir hosebonde, Y schal not go, til the yonge child be wenyd, and til Y lede hym, and he appere bifor the `siyt of the Lord, and dwelle there contynueli.

²⁴ And sche brouyte hym with hir, aftir that sche hadde wened hym, with thre caluys, and thre buyschelis of mele, and amfore, `ether a pot, of wyn; and sche brouyte hym to the hows of the Lord in Silo. Forsothe the child was yit ful yonge.

² Noon is hooli as the Lord is; `for noon other is, outakun thee, and noon is strong as oure God.

¹⁸ `Forsothe Samuel, a child gird with a lynnun clooth, mynystride bifor the face of the Lord.

¹ And it was doon, whanne Dauid `hadde endid to speke to Saul, the soule of Jonathas was glued togidre to the soule of Dauid, and Jonathas louyde hym as his owne soule.

²⁶ Jonathas was slayn in the hiye places. Y make sorewe on thee, my brother Jonathas, ful fair, `and amyable more than the loue of wymmen; as a modir loueth oon aloone sone, so Y louyde thee.

² of the folkis of whiche the Lord seide to the sones of Israel, Ye schulen not entre to tho folkis, nether ony of hem schulen entre to you; for most certeynli thei schulen turne awei youre hertis, that ye sue the goddis of hem. Therfor kyng Salomon was couplid to these wymmen, bi moost brennyng loue.

³¹ And he took twelue stonys, bi the noumbre of lynagis of sones of Jacob, to which Jacob the word of the Lord was maad, and seide, Israel schal be thi name.

¹¹ Ferthermore he made hiye places in the citees of Juda, and made the dwelleris of Jerusalem to do fornycacioun, `that is, idolatrie, and Juda to breke the lawe.

¹⁷ and offriden, `in the halewyng of Goddis hows, an hundrid caluys, twei hundryd wetheris, foure hundrid lambren, twelue buckis of geet for the synne of al Israel, bi the noumbre of lynagis of Israel.

²⁹ And thou witnessidist to hem, that thei schulden turne ayen to thi lawe; but thei diden proudli, and herden not thin heestis, and synneden in thi domes, whiche a man that schal do schal lyue in tho; and thei yauen the schuldre goynge awei, and thei maden hard her nol.

²⁴ If Y gesside gold my strengthe, and if Y seide to purid gold, Thou art my trist; ²⁵ if Y was glad on my many ritchessis, and for myn hond foond ful many thingis;

² Y woot, that thou maist alle thingis, and no thouyt is hid fro thee [Note: Joob wiste wel, that in remembringe his riytfulnesse he suffride sum stiring of veynglorie, which is wont to come liytly in siche thingis, yhe, in men that ben perfit. in preisinge my riytfulnesse. in enqueringe ouer myche the resouns of Goddis domes. ].

⁸ For thou hast smyte alle men beynge aduersaries to me with out cause; thou hast al to-broke the teeth of synneris.

¹⁴ And the Lord thundrid fro heuene; and the hiyeste yaf his vois, hail and the coolis of fier `camen doun.

¹⁰ He doynge awei batels til to the ende of the lond; schal al to-brese bouwe, and schal breke togidere armuris, and schal brenne scheldis bi fier.

⁶ `And heuenes schulen schewe his riytfulnesse; for God is the iuge. ⁷ Mi puple, here thou, and Y schal speke to Israel; and Y schal witnesse to thee, Y am God, thi God.

¹⁶ But God seide to the synnere, Whi tellist thou out my riytfulnessis; and takist my testament bi thi mouth? ¹⁷ Sotheli thou hatidist lore; and hast cast awey my wordis bihynde. ¹⁸ If thou siyest a theef, thou `hast runne with hym; and thou settidist thi part with avowtreris. ¹⁹ Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice; and thi tunge medlide togidere giles.

¹ The title of the two and fiftithe salm. To the ouercomer bi the quere, the lernyng of Dauid. The vnwise man seide in his herte; God is not.

¹¹ thei schulen be bitakun in to the hondis of swerd, thei schulen be maad the partis of foxis.

⁸ and God schal be enhaunsid. The arowis of `litle men ben maad the woundis of hem;

⁸ bringe ye to the Lord glorie to hys name. Take ye sacrificis, and entre ye in to the hallis of hym;

⁷ Which kepith treuthe in to the world, makith dom to hem that suffren wrong; yyueth mete to hem that ben hungri. The Lord vnbyndith feterid men; ⁸ the Lord liytneth blynde men. The Lord reisith men hurtlid doun; the Lord loueth iust men. ⁹ The Lord kepith comelyngis, he schal take vp a modirles child, and widewe; and he schal distrie the weies of synners.

¹⁷ and forsakith the duyk of hir tyme of mariage,

¹⁵ Drinke thou watir of thi cisterne, and the floodis of thi pit. ¹⁶ Thi wellis be stremed forth; and departe thi watris in stretis. ¹⁷ Haue thou aloone `tho watris; and aliens be not thi parceneris. ¹⁸ Thi veyne be blessid; and be thou glad with the womman of thi yong wexynge age. ¹⁹ An hynde moost dereworthe; and an hert calf moost acceptable. Hir teetis fille thee in al tyme; and delite thou contynueli in the loue of hir.

²⁸ He that tristith in hise richessis, schal falle; but iust men schulen buriowne as a greene leef.

²² He that fyndith a good womman, fyndith a good thing; and of the Lord he schal drawe vp myrthe. He that puttith a wey a good womman, puttith awei a good thing; but he that holdith auowtresse, is a fool and vnwijs.

¹³ The sorewe of the fadir is a fonned sone; and roofes droppynge contynueli is a womman ful of chiding. ¹⁴ Housis and richessis ben youun of fadir and modir; but a prudent wijf is youun propirli of the Lord.

⁹ It is betere to sitte in the corner of an hous with oute roof, than with a womman ful of chydyng, and in a comyn hous.

¹⁹ It is betere to dwelle in a desert lond, than with a womman ful of chidyng, and wrathful.

⁸ Make thou fer fro me vanyte and wordis of leesyng; yyue thou not to me beggery and richessis; yyue thou oneli necessaries to my lijflode; ⁹ lest perauenture Y be fillid, and be drawun to denye, and seie, Who is the Lord? and lest Y compellid bi nedynesse, stele, and forswere the name of my God.

¹⁷ Crowis of the stronde picke out thilke iye, that scorneth the fadir, and that dispisith the child beryng of his modir; and the briddis of an egle ete that iye.

⁷ And thei schulen take of thi sones, that schulen go out of thee, whiche thou schalt gendre; and thei schulen be onest seruauntis and chast in the paleis of the kyng of Babiloyne.

¹¹ As a scheepherd he schal fede his flok, he schal gadere lambreen in his arm, and he schal reise in his bosom; he schal bere scheep `with lomb.

¹ The Lord seith these thingis, What is this book of forsakyng of youre modir, bi which Y lefte her? ether who is he, to whom Y owe, to whom Y seeld you? For lo! ye ben seeld for youre wickidnessis, and for youre grete trespassis Y lefte youre modir.

³ And seie not the sone of a comelyng, that cleueth faste to the Lord, seiynge, Bi departyng the Lord schal departe me fro his puple; and a geldyng, ether a chast man, seie not, Lo! Y am a drie tree. ⁴ For the Lord seith these thingis to geldingis, that kepen my sabatis, and chesen what thingis Y wolde, and holden my boond of pees.

¹⁷ For lo! Y make newe heuenes and a newe erthe, and the formere thingis schulen not be in mynde, and schulen not stie on the herte.

²² For as newe heuenes and newe erthe, whiche Y make to stonde bifore me, seith the Lord, so youre seed schal stonde, and youre name.

¹ It is seid comunli, If a man forsakith his wijf, and sche go awei fro hym, and be weddid to an othere hosebonde, whether he schal turne ayen more to hir? whether thilke womman schal not be defoulid, and maad vncleene? Forsothe thou hast do fornycacioun with many loueris; netheles turne thou ayen to me, `seith the Lord, and Y schal resseyue thee.

⁸ siy, that for the aduersarie, Israel, dide auowtrie, Y hadde left hir, and Y hadde youe to hir a libel of forsakyng; and Juda, hir sistir, brekere of the lawe, dredde not, but also sche yede, and dide fornycacioun.

¹⁶ The Lord seith these thingis, Stonde ye on weies, and se ye, and axe ye of elde pathis, which is the good weie; and go ye ther ynne, and ye schulen fynde refreischyng to youre soulis. And thei seiden, We schulen not go.

²³ If a man of Ethiopie mai chaunge his skyn, ether a pard mai chaunge hise dyuersitees, and ye moun do wel, whanne ye han lerned yuel.

¹⁷ alas! alas! Lord God, Lord, thou madist heuene and erthe in thi greet strengthe, and in thin arm stretchid forth; ech word schal not be hard to thee;

²⁷ Y am the Lord God of `al fleisch. Whether ony word schal be hard to me?

³⁹ And Y schal yyue to hem oon herte and o soule, that thei drede me in alle daies, and that it be wel to hem, and to her sones aftir hem.

⁸ And Y passide bi thee, and Y siy thee, and lo! thi tyme, the tyme of louyeris; and Y spredde abrood my clothing on thee, and Y hilide thi schenschipe. And Y swoor to thee, and Y made a couenaunt with thee, seith the Lord God, and thou were maad a wijf to me.

¹⁵ And thou haddist trist in thi fairnesse, and didist fornicacioun in thi name; and thou settidist forth thi fornicacioun to ech that passide forth, that thou schuldist be maad his.

²⁹ And thou multipliedist thi fornycacioun in the lond of Canaan with Caldeis, and nether so thou were fillid.

¹¹ and Y yaf to hem my comaundementis, and Y schewide to hem my doomes, which a man schal do, and lyue in tho. ¹² Ferthermore and Y yaf to hem my sabatis, that it schulde be a sygne bitwixe me and hem, and that thei schulden wite, that Y am the Lord halewynge hem.

²¹ And the sones terriden me to wraththe, and yeden not in my comaundementis, and kepten not my domes, that thei diden tho, whiche whanne a man hath do, he schal lyue in tho, and thei defouliden my sabatis. And Y manaasside to hem, that Y wolde schede out my stronge veniaunce on hem, and fille my wraththe in hem in the desert.

³¹ and thei comen to thee, as if my puple entrith, and my puple sitten bifore thee, and thei heren thi wordis, and doon not tho; for thei turnen tho in to the song of her mouth, and her herte sueth her auerice;

¹⁴ And whanne the kyng hadde herd this word, he was sori ynow, and he settide the herte for Danyel, for to do delyuere hym; and til to the goyng doun of the sunne he trauelide for to do delyuere hym. ¹⁵ But tho men vndurstoden the kyng, and seiden to hym, Wite thou, kyng, that it is the lawe of Medeis and of Perseis, that it is not leueful that ony decree be chaungid, ¹⁶ which the kyng ordeyneth. Thanne the kyng comaundide, and thei brouyten Danyel, and senten hym in to the lake of liouns. And the kyng seide to Danyel, Thi God, whom thou worschipist euere, he schal delyuere thee. ¹⁷ And o stoon was brouyt, and was put on the mouth of the lake, which the kyng aselide with his ryng, and with the ryng of hise beste men, lest ony thing were don ayens Danyel.

² And many of hem that slepen in the dust of erthe, schulen awake fulli, summe in to euerlastynge lijf, and othere in to schenschipe, that thei se euere.

¹² And thei puttiden her herte as adamaunt, lest thei herden the lawe, and wordis whiche the Lord of oostis sente in his Spirit, bi the hond of the formere profetis; and greet indignacioun was maad of the Lord of oostis.

⁶ The Lord of oostis seith these thingis, Though it schal be seyn hard bifor the iyen of relifs of this puple in tho daies, whether bifor myn iyen it schal be hard, seith the Lord of oostis?

¹³ And eftsoone ye diden this thing; ye hiliden with teeris the auter of the Lord, with wepyng and mourenyng; so that Y biholde no more to sacrifice, nether resseyue ony thing plesaunt of youre hond. ¹⁴ And ye seiden, For what cause? For the Lord witnesside bitwixe thee and the wijf of thi `puberte, that is, tyme of mariage, which thou dispisidist, and this is thi felowe, and wijf of thi couenaunt.

¹⁴ And ye seiden, For what cause? For the Lord witnesside bitwixe thee and the wijf of thi `puberte, that is, tyme of mariage, which thou dispisidist, and this is thi felowe, and wijf of thi couenaunt.

¹⁴ And ye seiden, For what cause? For the Lord witnesside bitwixe thee and the wijf of thi `puberte, that is, tyme of mariage, which thou dispisidist, and this is thi felowe, and wijf of thi couenaunt. ¹⁵ Whether oon made not, and residue of spirit is his? and what sekith oon, no but the seed of God? Therfore kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle thou dispise the wijf of thi yongthe;

¹⁵ Whether oon made not, and residue of spirit is his? and what sekith oon, no but the seed of God? Therfore kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle thou dispise the wijf of thi yongthe; ¹⁶ whanne thou hatist hir, leue thou hir, seith the Lord God of Israel. Forsothe wickidnesse schal kyuere the closyng of hym, seith the Lord of oostis; kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle ye dispise.

¹⁶ whanne thou hatist hir, leue thou hir, seith the Lord God of Israel. Forsothe wickidnesse schal kyuere the closyng of hym, seith the Lord of oostis; kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle ye dispise.

¹⁹ And Joseph, hir hosebonde, for he was riytful, and wolde not puplische hir, he wolde priueli haue left hir.

¹⁵ But Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Suffre nowe, for thus it fallith to vs to fulfille al riytfulnesse.

¹⁹ And he seide to hem, Come ye aftir me, and Y shal make you to be maad fisscheris of men. ²⁰ And anoon thei leften the nettis, and sueden hym. ²¹ And he yede forth fro that place, and saie tweyne othere britheren, James of Zebede, and Joon, his brother, in a schip with Zebede, her fadir, amendynge her nettis, and he clepide hem. ²² And anoon thei leften the nettis and the fadir, and sueden hym. ²³ And Jhesus yede aboute al Galilee, techynge in the synagogis of hem, and prechynge the gospel of the kyngdom, and heelynge euery languor and eche sekenesse among the puple. ²⁴ And his fame wente in to al Sirie; and thei brouyten to hym alle that weren at male ese, and that weren take with dyuerse languores and turmentis, and hem that hadden feendis, and lunatike men, and men in palesy, and he heelide hem. ²⁵ And ther sueden hym myche puple of Galile, and of Decapoli, and of Jerusalem, and of Judee, and of biyende Jordan.

¹¹ `Ye schulen be blessid, whanne men schulen curse you, and schulen pursue you, and shulen seie al yuel ayens you liynge, for me.

¹⁹ Therfor he that brekith oon of these leeste maundementis, and techith thus men, schal be clepid the leste in the rewme of heuenes; `but he that doith, and techith, schal be clepid greet in the kyngdom of heuenes. ²⁰ And Y seie to you, that but your riytfulnesse be more plenteuouse than of scribis and of Farisees, ye schulen not entre into the kyngdom of heuenes.

²⁰ And Y seie to you, that but your riytfulnesse be more plenteuouse than of scribis and of Farisees, ye schulen not entre into the kyngdom of heuenes. ²¹ Ye han herd that it was seid to elde men, Thou schalt not slee; and he that sleeth, schal be gilti to doom. ²² But Y seie to you, that ech man that is wrooth to his brothir, schal be gilti to doom; and he that seith to his brother, Fy! schal be gilti to the counseil; but he that seith, Fool, schal be gilti to the fier of helle. ²³ Therfor if thou offrist thi yifte `at the auter, and ther thou bithenkist, that thi brothir hath sum what ayens thee, <sup>24</sup> leeue there thi yifte bifor the auter, and go first to be recounselid to thi brothir, and thanne thou schalt come, and schalt offre thi yifte. <sup>25</sup> Be thou consentynge to thin aduersarie soone, while thou art in the weie with hym, lest perauenture thin aduersarie take thee to the domesman, and the domesman take thee to the mynystre, and thou be sent in to prisoun. <sup>26</sup> Treuli Y seie to thee, thou shalt not go out fro thennus, til thou yelde the last ferthing. <sup>27</sup> Ye han herd that it was seid to elde men, Thou schalt `do no letcherie. ²⁸ But Y seie to you, that euery man that seeth a womman for to coueite hir, hath now do letcherie bi hir in his herte.

³¹ And it hath be seyd, Who euere leeueth his wijf, yyue he to hir a libel of forsakyng.

³¹ And it hath be seyd, Who euere leeueth his wijf, yyue he to hir a libel of forsakyng. ³² But Y seie to you, that euery man that leeueth his wijf, outtakun cause of fornycacioun, makith hir to do letcherie, and he that weddith the forsakun wijf, doith auowtrye.

³² But Y seie to you, that euery man that leeueth his wijf, outtakun cause of fornycacioun, makith hir to do letcherie, and he that weddith the forsakun wijf, doith auowtrye.

⁴³ Ye han herd that it was seid, Thou shalt loue thi neiybore, and hate thin enemye.

⁴⁸ Therfore be ye parfit, as youre heuenli fadir is parfit.

¹⁹ Nile ye tresoure to you tresouris in erthe, where ruste and mouyte destrieth, and where theues deluen out and stelen; ²⁰ but gadere to you tresouris in heuene, where nether ruste ne mouyte distrieth, and where theues deluen not out, ne stelen.

²⁴ No man may serue tweyn lordis, for ethir he schal hate `the toon, and loue the tother; ethir he shal susteyne `the toon, and dispise the tothir. Ye moun not serue God and richessis.

³³ Therfor seke ye first the kyngdom of God, and his riytfulnesse, and alle these thingis shulen be cast to you.

²⁸ And it was doon, whanne Jhesus hadde endid these wordis, the puple wondride on his techyng;

¹¹ And Y seie to you, that many schulen come fro the eest and the west, and schulen reste with Abraham and Ysaac and Jacob in the kyngdom of heuenes; ¹² but the sones of the rewme schulen be cast out in to vtmer derknessis; there schal be wepyng, and grynting of teeth.

²¹ Anothir of his disciplis seide to him, Lord, suffre me to go first, and birie my fader. ²² But Jhesus seide to hym, Sue thou me, and lete deed men birie her deede men.

²² But Jhesus seide to hym, Sue thou me, and lete deed men birie her deede men.

³¹ And the deuelis preyeden hym, and seiden, If thou castist out vs fro hennes, sende vs in to the droue of swyne.

⁹ And whanne Jhesus passide fro thennus, he say a man, Matheu bi name, sittynge in a tolbothe. And he seide to hym, Sue thou me.

³⁵ And Jhesus wente `aboute alle the `citees and castels, techinge in the synagogis of hem, and prechynge the gospel of the kyngdom, and helynge euery langour and euery sijknesse. ³⁶ And he siy the puple, and hadde reuthe on hem; for thei weren trauelid, and liggynge as scheep not hauynge a scheepherde.

²² And ye schulen be in hate to alle men for my name; but he that shall dwelle stille in to the ende, shal be saaf.

³⁷ He that loueth fadir or modir more than me, is not worthi to me. And he that loueth sone or douyter ouer me, is not worthi to me. ³⁸ And he that takith not his croos, and sueth me, is not worthi to me.

²⁵ In thilke tyme Jhesus answeride, and seide, Y knowleche to thee, fadir, lord of heuene and of erthe, for thou hast hid these thingis fro wijse men, and redi, and hast schewid hem to litle children;

³ And he seide to hem, Whether ye han not red, what Dauid dide, whanne he hungride, and thei that weren with hym?

¹⁵ And Jhesus knewe it, and wente awei fro thennus; and many sueden hym, and he helide hem alle.

⁸ But othere seedis felden in to good lond, and yauen fruyt; summe an hundrid foold, an othir sixti foold, an othir thritti foold.

¹¹ And he answeride, and seide to hem, `For to you it is youun to knowe the priuytees of the kyngdom of heuenes; but it is not youun to hem.

²² But he that is sowun in thornes, is this that heerith the word, and the bisynesse of this world, and the fallace of ritchessis strangulith the word, and it is maad with outen fruyt. ²³ But he that is sowun in to good loond, is this that herith the word, and vnderstondeth, and bryngith forth fruyt. And summe makith an hundrid fold, treuli anothir sixti fold, and another thritti fold.

⁹ And the kyng was sorewful, but for the ooth, and for hem that saten to gidere at the mete, he comaundide to be youun.

³⁵ And whanne men of that place hadden knowe hym, thei senten in to al that cuntre; and thei brouyten to hym alle that hadden siknesse. ³⁶ And thei preieden hym, that thei schulden touche the hemme of his clothing; and who euere touchiden weren maad saaf.

⁴ For God seide, Honoure thi fadir and thi modir, and he that cursith fadir or modir, die bi deeth. ⁵ But ye seien, Who euer seith to fadir or modir, What euere yifte is of me, it schal profite to thee; ⁶ and he hath not worschipid his fadir or his modir; and ye han maad the maundement of God voide for youre tradicioun.

³⁰ And myche puple cam to hym, and hadden with hem doumbe men and crokid, feble and blynde, and many other; and thei castiden doun hem at hise feet. And he helide hem, ³¹ so that the puple wondriden seynge doumbe men spekynge, and crokid goynge, blynde men seynge; and thei magnyfieden God of Israel.

¹ And the Farisees and the Saducees camen to hym temptynge, and preieden hym to schewe hem a tokene fro heuene.

²² And Petre took hym, and bigan to blame him, and seide, Fer be it fro thee, Lord; this thing schal not be to thee.

²⁴ Thanne Jhesus seide to his disciplis, If ony man wole come after me, denye he hym silf, and take his cros, and sue me; for he that wole make his lijf saaf, ²⁵ shal leese it; and he that schal leese his lijf for me, schal fynde it. ²⁶ For what profitith it to a man, if he wynne al the world, and suffre peiryng of his soule? or what chaunging schal a man yyue for his soule? ²⁷ For mannes sone schal come in glorie of his fader, with his aungels, and thanne he schal yelde to ech man after his werkis.

² And Jhesus clepide a litil child, and putte hym in the myddil of hem; ³ and seide, Y seie treuthe to you, but ye be turned, and maad as litle children, ye schulen not entre in to the kyngdom of heuenes.

³ and seide, Y seie treuthe to you, but ye be turned, and maad as litle children, ye schulen not entre in to the kyngdom of heuenes. ⁴ Therfor who euer mekith hym as this litil child, he is gretter in the kyngdom of heuenes. ⁵ And he that resseyueth o siche litil child in my name, resseyueth me.

¹ And it was don, whanne Jhesus hadde endid these wordis, he passide fro Galilee, and cam in to the coostis of Judee ouer Jordan. ² And myche puple suede him, and he heelide hem there. ³ And Farisees camen to him, temptynge him, and seiden, Whether it be leueful to a man to leeue his wijf, for ony cause? ⁴ Which answeride, and seide to hem, Han ye not red, for he that made men at the bigynnyng, made hem male and female? ⁵ And he seide, For this thing a man schal leeue fadir and modir, and he schal draw to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch. ⁶ And so thei ben not now tweyne, but o fleisch. Therfor a man departe not that thing that God hath ioyned. ⁷ Thei seien to hym, What thanne comaundide Moises, to yyue a libel of forsakyng, and to leeue of? ⁸ And he seide to hem, For Moises, for the hardnesse of youre herte, suffride you leeue youre wyues; but fro the bigynnyng it was not so. ⁹ And Y seie to you, that who euer leeueth his wijf, but for fornycacioun, and weddith another, doith letcherie; and he that weddith the forsakun wijf, doith letcherie.

¹⁶ And lo! oon cam, and seide to hym, Good maister, what good schal Y do, that Y haue euerlastynge lijf? ¹⁷ Which seith to hym, What axist thou me of good thing? There is o good God. But if thou wolt entre to lijf, kepe the comaundementis. ¹⁸ He seith to hym, Whiche? And Jhesus seide, Thou schalt not do mansleying, thou schalt not do auowtrie, thou schalt not do thefte, thou schalt not seie fals witnessying;

²⁶ Jhesus bihelde, and seide to hem, Anentis men this thing is impossible; but anentis God alle thingis ben possible.

²⁸ Jhesus seide to hem, Truli I seie to you, that ye that han forsake alle thingis, and han sued me, in the regeneracioun whanne mannus sone schal sitte in the sete of his maieste, ye schulen sitte on twelue setis, demynge the twelue kynredis of Israel. ²⁹ And euery man that forsakith hous, britheren or sistren, fadir or modir, wijf ethir children, or feeldis, for my name, he schal take an hundrid foold, and schal welde euerlastynge lijf.

¹⁰ But the firste camen, and demeden, that thei schulden take more, but thei token ech oon bi hem silf a peny; ¹¹ and in the takyng grutchiden ayens the hosebonde man, and seiden, ¹² These laste wrouyten oon our, and thou hast maad hem euen to vs, that han born the charge of the dai, and heete?

¹⁶ So the laste schulen be the firste, and the firste the laste; `for many ben clepid, but fewe ben chosun.

²¹ And he seide to hir, What wolt thou? She seith to hym, Seie that thes tweyne my sones sitte, oon at thi riythalf, and oon at thi lefthalf, in thi kyngdom.

³¹ And the puple blamede hem, that thei schulden be stille; and thei crieden the more, and seiden, Lord, the sone of Dauid, haue merci on vs.

⁶ And the disciplis yeden, and diden as Jhesus comaundide hem.

³¹ Who of the tweyne dide the fadris wille? Thei seien to hym, The firste. Jhesus seith to hem, Treuli Y seie to you, for pupplicans and hooris schulen go bifor you `in to the kyngdom of God.

³¹ Who of the tweyne dide the fadris wille? Thei seien to hym, The firste. Jhesus seith to hem, Treuli Y seie to you, for pupplicans and hooris schulen go bifor you `in to the kyngdom of God. ³² For Joon cam to you in the weie of riytwisnesse, and ye bileueden not to him; but pupplicans and hooris bileueden to hym. But ye sayn, and hadden no forthenkyng aftir, that ye bileueden to hym.

⁴² Jhesus seith to hem, Redden ye neuer in scripturis, The stoon which bilderis repreueden, this is maad in to the heed of the corner? Of the Lord this thing is don, and it is merueilous bifor oure iyen.

¹⁶ And thei senden to hym her disciplis, with Erodians, and seien, Maister, we witen, that thou art sothefast, and thou techist in treuthe the weie of God, and thou chargist not of ony man, for thou biholdist not the persoone of men. ¹⁷ Therfor seie to vs, what it seemeth to thee. Is it leueful that tribute be youun to the emperoure, ether nay? ¹⁸ And whanne Jhesus hadde knowe the wickidnesse of hem, he seide, Ypocritis, what tempten ye me?

³¹ And of the risyng ayen of deed men, `han ye not red, that is seid of the Lord, that seith to you,

³⁵ And oon of hem, a techere of the lawe, axide Jhesu, and temptide him,

³⁹ And the secounde is lijk to this; Thou schalt loue thi neiyebore as thi silf.

²⁴ Blynde lederis, clensinge a gnatte, but swolewynge a camel.

²² And but tho daies hadden be abreggide, ech flesch schulde not be maad saaf; but tho daies schulen be maad schort, for the chosun men.

³¹ Whanne mannus sone schal come in his maieste, and alle hise aungels with hym, thanne he schal sitte on the sege of his maieste;

³⁴ Thanne the kyng schal seie to hem, that schulen be on his riythalf, Come ye, the blessid of my fadir, take ye in possessioun the kyngdoom maad redi to you fro the makyng of the world.

⁴⁶ And these schulen goo in to euerlastynge turment; but the iust men schulen go in to euerlastynge lijf.

¹⁷ And Jhesus seide to hem, Come ye aftir me; Y schal make you to be maad fisscheris of men. ¹⁸ And anoon thei leften the nettis, and sueden hym. ¹⁹ And he yede forth fro thennus a litil, and siy James of Zebedee, and Joon, his brother, in a boot makynge nettis. ²⁰ And anoon he clepide hem; and thei leften Zebedee, her fadir, in the boot with hiryd seruauntis, and thei suweden hym.

¹⁴ And whanne he passide, he saiy Leuy `of Alfei sittynge at the tolbothe, and he seide to hym, Sue me. And he roos, and suede hym.

²⁵ And he seide to hem, Radden ye neuer what Dauid dide, whanne he hadde nede, and he hungride, and thei that weren with hym?

²⁶ And the kyng was sori for the ooth, and for men that saten togidere at the meete he wolde not make hir sori;

⁵⁵ And thei ranne thorou al that cuntre, and bigunnen to brynge sijk men in beddis on eche side, where thei herden that he was. ⁵⁶ And whidur euer `he entride in to villagis, ethir in to townes, or in to citees, thei setten sijk men in stretis, and preiden hym, that thei schulden touche namely the hemme of his cloth; and hou many that touchiden hym, weren maad saaf.

³⁴ And whanne the puple was clepid togidere, with hise disciplis, he seide to hem, If ony man wole come after me, denye he hym silf, and take his cros, and sue he me.

¹ And Jhesus roos vp fro thennus, and cam in to the coostis of Judee ouer Jordan; and eftsoones the puple cam togidere to hym, and as he was wont, eftsoone he tauyte hem. ² And the Farisees camen, and axiden hym, Whether it be leueful to a man to leeue his wijf? and thei temptiden hym.

² And the Farisees camen, and axiden hym, Whether it be leueful to a man to leeue his wijf? and thei temptiden hym. ³ And he answeride, and seide to hem, What comaundide Moises to you? ⁴ And thei seiden, Moises suffride to write a libel of forsaking, and to forsake.

⁴ And thei seiden, Moises suffride to write a libel of forsaking, and to forsake. ⁵ `To whiche Jhesus answeride, and seide, For the hardnesse of youre herte Moises wroot to you this comaundement.

⁵ `To whiche Jhesus answeride, and seide, For the hardnesse of youre herte Moises wroot to you this comaundement.

⁵ `To whiche Jhesus answeride, and seide, For the hardnesse of youre herte Moises wroot to you this comaundement. ⁶ But fro the bigynnyng of creature God made hem male and female;

⁶ But fro the bigynnyng of creature God made hem male and female; ⁷ and seide, For this thing a man schal leeue his fadir and modir,

⁷ and seide, For this thing a man schal leeue his fadir and modir, ⁸ and schal drawe to hys wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o flesch. And so now thei ben not tweyne, but o flesch.

⁸ and schal drawe to hys wijf, and thei schulen be tweyne in o flesch. And so now thei ben not tweyne, but o flesch. ⁹ Therfor that thing that God ioynede togidere, no man departe.

⁹ Therfor that thing that God ioynede togidere, no man departe.

⁹ Therfor that thing that God ioynede togidere, no man departe. ¹⁰ And eftsoone in the hous hise disciplis axiden hym of the same thing. ¹¹ And he seide to hem, Who euer leeuith his wijf, and weddith another, he doith auowtri on hir. ¹² And if the wijf leeue hir housebonde, and be weddid to another man, sche doith letcherie. ¹³ And thei brouyten to hym litle children, that he schulde touche hem; and the disciplis threteneden the men, that brouyten hem. ¹⁴ And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn hem, he baar heuy, and seide to hem, Suffre ye litle children to come to me, and forbede ye hem not, for of suche is the kyngdom of God.

¹⁴ And whanne Jhesus hadde seyn hem, he baar heuy, and seide to hem, Suffre ye litle children to come to me, and forbede ye hem not, for of suche is the kyngdom of God. ¹⁵ Treuli Y seie to you, who euer resseyueth not the kyngdom of God as a litil child, he schal not entre in to it. ¹⁶ And he biclippide hem, and leide hise hondis on hem, and blisside hem.

¹⁶ And he biclippide hem, and leide hise hondis on hem, and blisside hem. ¹⁷ And whanne Jhesus was gon out in the weie, a man ranne bifore, and knelide bifor hym, and preiede hym, and seide, Good maister, what schal Y do, that Y resseyue euerlastynge lijf? ¹⁸ And Jhesus seide to hym, What seist thou, that Y am good? Ther is no man good, but God hym silf. ¹⁹ Thou knowist the comaundementis, do thou noon auowtrie, `sle not, stele not, seie not fals witnessyng, do no fraude, worschipe thi fadir and thi modir.

¹⁹ Thou knowist the comaundementis, do thou noon auowtrie, `sle not, stele not, seie not fals witnessyng, do no fraude, worschipe thi fadir and thi modir. ²⁰ And he answeride, and seide to hym, Maister, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my yongthe.

²⁰ And he answeride, and seide to hym, Maister, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my yongthe. ²¹ And Jhesus bihelde hym, and louede hym, and seide to hym, O thing faileth to thee; go thou, and sille alle thingis that thou hast, and yyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresoure in heuene; and come, sue thou me.

²¹ And Jhesus bihelde hym, and louede hym, and seide to hym, O thing faileth to thee; go thou, and sille alle thingis that thou hast, and yyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresoure in heuene; and come, sue thou me.

²¹ And Jhesus bihelde hym, and louede hym, and seide to hym, O thing faileth to thee; go thou, and sille alle thingis that thou hast, and yyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresoure in heuene; and come, sue thou me. ²² And he was ful sori in the word, and wente awei mornyng, for he hadde many possessiouns.

²² And he was ful sori in the word, and wente awei mornyng, for he hadde many possessiouns. ²³ And Jhesus bihelde aboute, and seide to hise disciplis, Hou hard thei that han ritchessis schulen entre in to the kyngdom of God.

²³ And Jhesus bihelde aboute, and seide to hise disciplis, Hou hard thei that han ritchessis schulen entre in to the kyngdom of God. ²⁴ And the disciplis weren astonyed in hise wordis. And Jhesus eftsoone answeride, and seide `to hem, Ye litle children, hou hard it is for men that tristen in ritchessis to entre in to the kyngdom of God.

²⁴ And the disciplis weren astonyed in hise wordis. And Jhesus eftsoone answeride, and seide `to hem, Ye litle children, hou hard it is for men that tristen in ritchessis to entre in to the kyngdom of God. ²⁵ It is liyter a camele to passe thorou a nedlis iye, than a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of God.

²⁵ It is liyter a camele to passe thorou a nedlis iye, than a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of God. ²⁶ And thei wondriden more, and seiden among hem silf, And who may be sauyd? ²⁷ And Jhesus bihelde hem, and seide, Anentis men it is impossible, but not anentis God; for alle thingis ben possible anentis God.

²⁷ And Jhesus bihelde hem, and seide, Anentis men it is impossible, but not anentis God; for alle thingis ben possible anentis God. ²⁸ And Petir bigan to seie to hym, Lo! we han left alle thingis, and han sued thee.

²⁸ And Petir bigan to seie to hym, Lo! we han left alle thingis, and han sued thee. ²⁹ Jhesus answeride, and seide, Treuli Y seie to you, ther is no man that leeueth hous, or britheren, or sistris, or fadir, or modir, or children, or feeldis for me and for the gospel, ³⁰ which schal not take an hundrid fold so myche now in this tyme, housis, and britheren, and sistris, and modris, and children, and feeldis, with persecuciouns, and in the world to comynge euerlastynge lijf. ³¹ But many schulen be, the firste the last, and the last the firste.

¹⁰ Whether ye han not red this scripture, The stoon which the bilderis han disspisid, this is maad in to the heed of the corner?

¹³ and thei wenten awei. And thei senten to hym summe of the Farisees and Erodians, to take hym in word.

¹⁵ Which witynge her pryuei falsnesse, seide to hem, What tempten ye me? brynge ye to me a peny, that Y se.

²⁶ And of deed men, that thei risen ayen, han ye not red in the book of Moises, on the buysch, hou God spak to hym, and seide, Y am God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob?

²⁰ And but the Lord hadde abredgide tho daies, al fleische hadde not be saaf; but for the chosun whiche he chees, the Lord hath maad schort the daies.

³⁷ for euery word schal not be inpossible anentis God.

¹¹ And whanne the bootis weren led vp to the loond, thei leften alle thingis, and thei sueden hym.

²⁷ And after these thingis Jhesus wente out, and saiy a pupplican, Leuy bi name, sittynge at the tolbothe. And he seide to hym, Sue thou me;

²⁷ And after these thingis Jhesus wente out, and saiy a pupplican, Leuy bi name, sittynge at the tolbothe. And he seide to hym, Sue thou me; ²⁸ and whanne he hadde left alle thingis, he roos vp, and suede hym.

³ And Jhesus answeride, and seide to hem, Han ye not redde, what Dauith dide, whanne he hungride, and thei that weren with hym;

²² Ye schulen be blessid, whanne men schulen hate you, and departe you awei, and putte schenschip to you, and cast out youre name as yuel, for mannus sone.

⁴⁰ A disciple is not aboue the maistir; but eche schal be perfite, if he be as his maister.

²⁹ And al the puple herynge, and pupplicans, that hadden be baptisid with baptym of Joon, iustifieden God; ³⁰ but the Farisees and the wise men of the lawe, that weren not baptisid of hym, dispisiden the counsel of God ayens hem silf.

²³ And he seide to alle, If ony wole come aftir me, denye he hym silf, and take he his cross euery dai, and sue he me.

⁴⁹ And Joon answeride and seide, Comaundoure, we sayn a man castynge out feendis in thi name, and we han forbedun hym, for he sueth not thee with vs. ⁵⁰ And Jhesus seide to hym, Nyle ye forbede, for he that is not ayens vs, is for vs.

⁵⁴ And whanne James and Joon, hise disciplis, seyn, thei seiden, Lord, wolt thou that we seien, that fier come doun fro heuene, and waste hem? ⁵⁵ And he turnede, and blamyde hem, and seide, Ye witen not, whos spiritis ye ben;

²⁵ And lo! a wise man of the lawe ros vp, temptynge hym, and seiynge, Maister, what thing schal Y do to haue euerlastynge lijf? ²⁶ And he seide to hym, What is writun in the lawe? hou redist thou?

²⁶ And he seide to hym, What is writun in the lawe? hou redist thou? ²⁷ He answeride, and seide, Thou schalt loue thi Lord God of al thin herte, and of al thi soule, and of alle thi strengthis, and of al thi mynde; and thi neiybore as thi silf.

²⁷ He answeride, and seide, Thou schalt loue thi Lord God of al thin herte, and of al thi soule, and of alle thi strengthis, and of al thi mynde; and thi neiybore as thi silf. ²⁸ And Jhesus seide to hym, Thou hast answerid riytli; do this thing, and thou schalt lyue.

⁵³ And whanne he seide these thingis to hem, the Farisees and wise men of lawe bigunnen greuousli to ayenstonde, and stoppe his mouth of many thingis, ⁵⁴ aspiynge hym, and sekynge to take sum thing of his mouth, to accuse hym.

¹⁵ And he seide to hem, Se ye, and be ye war of al coueytice; for the lijf of a man is not in the abundaunce of tho thingis, whiche he weldith. ¹⁶ And he tolde to hem a liknesse, and seide, The feeld of a riche man brouyte forth plenteuouse fruytis. ¹⁷ And he thouyte with ynne hym silf, and seide, What schal Y do, for Y haue not whidur Y schal gadere my fruytis? ¹⁸ And he seith, This thing Y schal do; Y schal throwe doun my bernes, and Y schal make gretter, and thidir Y schal gadir alle thingis that growen to me, and my goodis. ¹⁹ And Y schal seie to my soule, Soule, thou hast many goodis kept in to ful many yeeris; rest thou, ete, drynke, and make feeste. ²⁰ And God seide to hym, Fool, in this nyyt thei schulen take thi lijf fro thee. And whos schulen tho thingis be, that thou hast arayed? ²¹ So is he that tresourith to hym silf, and is not riche in God.

³³ Selle ye tho thingis that ye han in possessioun, and yyue ye almes. And make to you sachels that wexen not oolde, tresoure that failith not in heuenes, whidir a theef neiyith not, nether mouyt destruyeth.

²³ And a man seide to hym, Lord, if there ben fewe, that ben saued? And he seide to hem, ²⁴ Stryue ye to entre bi the streite yate; for Y seie to you, many seken to entre, and thei schulen not mowe.

³⁰ And lo! thei that weren the firste, ben the laste; and thei that weren the laste, ben the firste.

²⁶ If ony man cometh to me, and hatith not his fadir, and modir, and wijf, and sones, and britheren, and sistris, and yit his owne lijf, he may not be my disciple.

³³ So therfor ech of you, that forsakith not alle thingis that he hath, may not be my disciple.

⁷ And Y seie to you, so ioye schal be in heuene on o synful man doynge penaunce, more than on nynti and nyne iuste, that han no nede to penaunce.

²⁹ And he answerde to his fadir, and seide, Lo! so many yeeris Y serue thee, and Y neuer brak thi comaundement; and thou neuer yaf to me a kidde, that Y with my freendis schulde haue ete.

⁹ And Y seie to you, make ye to you freendis of the ritchesse of wickidnesse, that whanne ye schulen fayle, thei resseyue you in to euerlastynge tabernaclis.

¹³ No seruaunt may serue to twei lordis; for ether he schal hate `the toon, and loue the tothir; ethir he schal drawe to `the toon, and schal dispise the tothir. Ye moun not serue to God and to ritchesse. ¹⁴ But the Farisees, that weren coueytous, herden alle these thingis, and thei scorneden hym.

¹⁸ Euery man that forsakith his wijf, and weddith an other, doith letcherie; and he that weddith the wijf forsakun of the hosebonde, doith auowtrie. ¹⁹ There was a riche man, and was clothid in purpur, and whit silk, and eete euery dai schynyngli. ²⁰ And there was a begger, Lazarus bi name, that lai at his yate ful of bilis, ²¹ and coueitide to be fulfillid of the crummes, that fellen doun fro the riche mannus boord, and no man yaf to hym; but houndis camen, and lickiden hise bilis. ²² And it was don, that the begger diede, and was borun of aungels in to Abrahams bosum. ²³ And the riche man was deed also, and was biried in helle. And he reiside hise iyen, whanne he was in turmentis, and say Abraham afer, and Lazarus in his bosum. ²⁴ And he criede, and seide, Fadir Abraham, haue merci on me, and sende Lazarus, that he dippe the ende of his fyngur in watir, to kele my tunge; for Y am turmentid in this flawme. ²⁵ And Abraham seide to hym, Sone, haue mynde, for thou hast resseyued good thingis in thi lijf, and Lazarus also yuel thingis; but he is now coumfortid, and thou art turmentid. ²⁶ And in alle these thingis a greet derk place is stablischid betwixe vs and you; that thei that wolen fro hennus passe to you, moun not, nethir fro thennus passe ouer hidur. ²⁷ And he seide, Thanne Y preie thee, fadir, that thou sende hym in to the hous of my fadir. ²⁸ For Y haue fyue britheren, that he witnesse to hem, lest also thei come in to this place of turmentis.

¹¹ And the Farisee stood, and preiede bi hym silf these thingis, and seide, God, Y do thankyngis to thee, for Y am not as other men, raueinouris, vniust, auoutreris, as also this pupplican; ¹² Y faste twies in the woke, Y yyue tithis of alle thingis that Y haue in possessioun. ¹³ And the pupplican stood afer, and wolde nether reise hise iyen to heuene, but smoot his brest, and seide, God be merciful to me, synnere. ¹⁴ Treuli Y seie to you, this yede doun in to his hous, and was iustified fro the other. For ech that enhaunsith hym, schal be maad low, and he that mekith hym, schal be enhaunsid. ¹⁵ And thei brouyten to hym yonge children, that he schulde touche hem; and whanne the disciplis saien this thing, thei blameden hem. ¹⁶ But Jhesus clepide togider hem, and seide, Suffre ye children to come to me, and nyle ye forbede hem, for of siche is the kyngdom of heuenes. ¹⁷ Treuli Y seie to you, who euer schal not take the kyngdom of God as a child, he schal not entre in to it. ¹⁸ And a prince axide hym, and seide, Goode maister, in what thing doynge schal Y weilde euerlastynge lijf? ¹⁹ And Jhesus seide to hym, What seist thou me good? No man is good, but God aloone. ²⁰ Thou knowist the comaundementis, Thou schalt not sle, Thou schalt not do letcherie, Thou schalt not do theft, Thou schalt not seie fals witnessyng, Worschipe thi fadir and thi modir.

²⁰ Thou knowist the comaundementis, Thou schalt not sle, Thou schalt not do letcherie, Thou schalt not do theft, Thou schalt not seie fals witnessyng, Worschipe thi fadir and thi modir. ²¹ Which seide, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my yongthe.

²¹ Which seide, Y haue kept alle these thingis fro my yongthe. ²² And whanne this thing was herd, Jhesus seide to hym, Yit o thing failith `to thee; sille thou alle thingis that thou hast, and yyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresour in heuene; and come, and sue thou me.

²² And whanne this thing was herd, Jhesus seide to hym, Yit o thing failith `to thee; sille thou alle thingis that thou hast, and yyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresour in heuene; and come, and sue thou me.

²² And whanne this thing was herd, Jhesus seide to hym, Yit o thing failith `to thee; sille thou alle thingis that thou hast, and yyue to pore men, and thou schalt haue tresour in heuene; and come, and sue thou me. ²³ Whanne these thingis weren herd, he was soreful, for he was ful ryche.

²³ Whanne these thingis weren herd, he was soreful, for he was ful ryche. ²⁴ And Jhesus seynge hym maad sorie, seide, How hard thei that han money schulen entre in to the kyngdom of God;

²⁴ And Jhesus seynge hym maad sorie, seide, How hard thei that han money schulen entre in to the kyngdom of God; ²⁵ for it is liyter a camel to passe thorou a nedlis iye, than a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of God.

²⁵ for it is liyter a camel to passe thorou a nedlis iye, than a riche man to entre in to the kyngdom of God. ²⁶ And thei that herden these thingis seiden, Who may be maad saaf? ²⁷ And he seide to hem, Tho thingis that ben impossible anentis men, ben possible anentis God.

²⁷ And he seide to hem, Tho thingis that ben impossible anentis men, ben possible anentis God. ²⁸ But Petir seide, Lo! we han left alle thingis, and han sued thee.

²⁸ But Petir seide, Lo! we han left alle thingis, and han sued thee. ²⁹ And he seide to hym, Treuli Y seie to you, there is no man that schal forsake hous, or fadir, modir, or britheren, or wijf, or children, or feeldis, for the rewme of God, ³⁰ and schal not resseyue many mo thingis in this tyme, and in the world to comynge euerlastynge lijf.

²⁸ And ye ben, that han dwellid with me in my temptaciouns; and Y dispose to you, ²⁹ as my fadir hath disposid to me, ³⁰ a rewme, that ye ete and drynke on my boord in my rewme, and sitte on trones, and deme the twelue kynredis of Israel.

³ Jhesus answerde, and seide to hym, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen, he may not se the kyngdom of God.

⁵ Jhesus answeride, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen of watir, and of the Hooli Goost, he may not entre in to the kyngdom of God.

¹⁵ that ech man that bileueth in hym, perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf.

¹⁴ schal be maad in hym a welle `of watir, spryngynge vp in to euerlastynge lijf.

³⁹ Seke ye scripturis, in which ye gessen to haue euerlastynge lijf; and tho it ben, that beren witnessyng of me.

⁴⁴ Hou moun ye bileue, that resseyuen glorie ech of othere, and ye seken not the glorie `that is of God aloone?

²⁷ Worche ye not mete that perischith, but that dwellith in to euerlastynge lijf, which mete mannys sone schal yyue to you; for God the fadir hath markid hym. ²⁸ Therfor thei seiden to hym, What schulen we do, that we worche the werkis of God? ²⁹ Jhesus answerde, and seide to hem, This is the werk of God, that ye bileue to hym, whom he sente.

⁴⁷ Sotheli, sotheli, Y seie to you, he that bileueth in me, hath euerlastynge lijf.

⁶⁸ Therfor Jhesus seide to the twelue, Whether ye wolen also go awei?

⁶ And thei seiden this thing temptynge hym, that thei myyten accuse hym. And Jhesus bowide hym silf doun, and wroot with his fyngur in the erthe. ⁷ And whanne thei abiden axynge hym, he reiside hym silf, and seide to hem, He of you that is without synne, first caste a stoon in to hir.

²⁷ My scheep heren my vois, and Y knowe hem, and thei suen me. ²⁸ And Y yyue to hem euerelastynge lijf, and thei schulen not perische with outen ende, and noon schal rauysche hem fro myn hoond.

⁴⁰ And he wente eftsoone ouer Jordan, in to that place where Joon was firste baptisynge, and he dwelte there.

²⁵ but if it be deed, it bryngith myche fruyt. He that loueth his lijf, schal leese it; and he that hatith his lijf in this world, kepith it in to euerlastynge lijf. ²⁶ If ony man serue me, sue he me; and where Y am, there my mynystre schal be. If ony man serue me, my fadir schal worschipe hym.

¹⁹ If ye hadden be of the world, the world schulde loue that thing that was his; but for ye ben not of the world, but Y chees you fro the world, therfor the world hatith you.

² As thou hast youun to hym power on ech fleisch, that al thing that thou hast youun to hym, he yyue to hem euerlastynge lijf. ³ And this is euerlastynge lijf, that thei knowe thee very God aloone, and whom thou hast sent, Jhesu Crist.

¹² Fro that tyme Pilat souyte to delyuere hym; but the Jewis crieden, and seiden, If thou delyuerist this man, thou art not the emperouris freend; for ech man that makith hym silf king, ayen seith the emperoure. ¹³ And Pilat, whanne he hadde herd these wordis, ledde Jhesu forth, and sat for domesman in a place, that is seid Licostratos, but in Ebrew Golgatha. ¹⁴ And it was pask eue, as it were the sixte our. And he seith to the Jewis, Lo! youre king. ¹⁵ But thei crieden, and seiden, Take awei, take awei; crucifie him. Pilat seith to hem, Schal I crucifie youre king? The bischops answeriden, We han no king but the emperour. ¹⁶ And thanne Pilat bitook him to hem, that he schulde be crucified. And thei token Jhesu, and ledden him out.

³⁹ For the biheest is to you, and to youre sones, and to alle that ben fer, which euer oure Lord God hath clepid.

⁴⁵ Thei selden possessiouns and catel, and departiden tho thingis to alle men, as it was nede to ech.

²¹ that is now prechid to you. Whom it bihoueth heuene to resseyue, in to the tymes of restitucioun of alle thingis, which the Lord spak bi the mouth of hise hooli prophetis fro the world.

³² And of al the multitude of men bileuynge was oon herte and oon wille; nether ony man seide ony thingis of tho thingis that he weldide to be his owne, but alle thingis weren comyn to hem. ³³ And with greet vertu the apostlis yeldiden witnessyng of the ayenrysyng of Jhesu Crist oure Lord, and greet grace was in alle hem. ³⁴ For nether ony nedi man was among hem, for how manye euere weren possessouris of feeldis, ether of housis, thei seelden, and brouyten the pricis of tho thingis that thei seelden, ³⁵ and leiden bifor the feet of the apostlis. And it was departid to ech, as it was nede to ech.

¹⁶ For Y schal schewe to hym, how grete thingis it bihoueth hym to suffre for my name.

²² And whanne thei hadden ordeined prestis to hem bi alle citees, and hadden preied with fastyngis, thei bitoken hem to the Lord, in whom thei bileueden.

³⁰ And he brouyte hem with out forth, and seide, Lordis, what bihoueth me to do, that Y be maad saaf?

⁷ sotheli to hem that ben bi pacience of good werk, glorie, and onour, and vncorrupcioun, to hem that seken euerlastynge lijf;

¹⁹ And we witen, that what euere thingis the lawe spekith, it spekith to hem that ben in the lawe, that ech mouth be stoppid, and ech world be maad suget to God. ²⁰ For of the werkis of the lawe ech fleisch schal not be iustified bifor hym; for bi the lawe ther is knowyng of synne. ²¹ But now with outen the lawe the riytwisnesse of God is schewid, that is witnessid of the lawe and the profetis. ²² And the riytwisnesse of God is bi the feith of Jhesu Crist in to alle men and on alle men that bileuen in hym; for ther is no departyng. ²³ For alle men synneden, and han nede to the glorie of God;

²⁰ And the lawe entride, that gilt schulde be plenteuouse; but where gilt was plenteuouse, ²¹ grace was more plenteuouse. That as synne regnede in to deth, so grace regne bi riytwisnesse in to euerlastynge lijf, bi `Crist Jhesu oure Lord.

²¹ grace was more plenteuouse. That as synne regnede in to deth, so grace regne bi riytwisnesse in to euerlastynge lijf, bi `Crist Jhesu oure Lord.

²² But now ye delyuered fro synne, and maad seruauntis to God, han your fruyt in to holinesse, and the ende euerlastinge lijf. For the wagis of synne is deth; the grace of God is euerlastynge lijf in Crist Jhesu our Lord.

² For that womman that is vndur an hosebonde, is boundun to the lawe, while the hosebonde lyueth; but if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde.

² For that womman that is vndur an hosebonde, is boundun to the lawe, while the hosebonde lyueth; but if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde. ³ Therfor sche schal be clepid auoutresse, if sche be with another man, while the hosebonde lyueth; but if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde, that sche be not auoutresse, if sche be with another man.

⁹ And Y lyuede withouten the lawe sumtyme; but whanne the comaundement was comun, synne lyuede ayen.

³⁰ Therfor what schulen we seie? That hethene men that sueden not riytwisnesse, han gete riytwisnesse, yhe, the riytwisnesse that is of feith. ³¹ But Israel suynge the lawe of riytwisnesse, cam not parfitli in to the lawe of riytwisnesse. ³² Whi? For not of feith, but as of werkys. And thei spurneden ayens the stoon of offencioun, ³³ as it is writun, Lo! Y putte a stoon of offensioun in Syon, and a stoon of sclaundre; and ech that schal bileue `in it, schal not be confoundid.

⁵ For Moises wroot, For the man that schal do riytwisnesse that is of the lawe, schal lyue in it.

¹³ For ech man `who euere schal inwardli clepe the name of the Lord, schal be saaf.

⁵ So therfor also in this tyme, the relifs ben maad saaf, bi the chesyng of the grace of God. ⁶ And if it be bi the grace of God, it is not now of werkis; ellis grace is not now grace. ⁷ What thanne? Israel hath not getun this that he souyte, but eleccioun hath getun; and the othere ben blyndid.

⁹ Loue with outen feynyng, hatynge yuel, drawynge to good;

⁸ To no man owe ye ony thing, but that ye loue togidere. For he that loueth his neiybore, hath fulfillid the lawe. ⁹ For, Thou schalt do no letcherie, Thou schalt not sle, Thou schalt not stele, Thou schalt not seie fals witnessyng, Thou schalt not coueyte the thing of thi neiybore, and if ther be ony othere maundement, it is instorid in this word, Thou schalt loue thi neiybore as thi silf.

⁹ For, Thou schalt do no letcherie, Thou schalt not sle, Thou schalt not stele, Thou schalt not seie fals witnessyng, Thou schalt not coueyte the thing of thi neiybore, and if ther be ony othere maundement, it is instorid in this word, Thou schalt loue thi neiybore as thi silf. ¹⁰ The loue of neiybore worchith not yuel; therfor loue is the fulfillyng of the lawe.

²⁶ But, britheren, se ye youre clepyng; for not many wise men aftir the fleisch, not many myyti, not many noble.

²⁹ that ech man haue not glorie in his siyt.

⁹ But as it is writun, That iye say not, ne eere herde, nether it stiede in to herte of man, what thingis God arayede to hem that louen hym;

⁷ Who demeth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not resseyued? And if thou hast resseyued, what gloriest thou, as thou haddist not resseyued?

¹ In al maner fornycacioun is herd among you, and siche fornycacioun, which is not among hethene men, so that summan haue the wijf of his fadir.

² Whether ye witen not, that seyntis schulen deme of this world? And if the world schal be demed bi you, be ye vnworthi to deme of the leste thingis? ³ Witen ye not, that we schulen deme aungels? hou myche more worldli thingis?

¹⁶ Whether ye witen not, that he that cleueth to an hoore, is maad o bodi? For he seith, Ther schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

¹ But of thilke thingis that ye han write to me, it is good to a man to touche not a womman. ² But for fornycacioun eche man haue his owne wijf, and ech womman haue hir owne hosebonde.

² But for fornycacioun eche man haue his owne wijf, and ech womman haue hir owne hosebonde.

⁴ The womman hath not power of hir bodi, but the hosebonde; and the hosebonde hath not power of his bodi, but the womman.

⁶ But Y seie this thing as yyuyng leeue, not bi comaundement. ⁷ For Y wole, that alle men be as my silf. But eche man hath his propre yifte of God; oon thus, and another thus. ⁸ But Y seie to hem, that ben not weddid, and to widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as Y.

⁸ But Y seie to hem, that ben not weddid, and to widewis, it is good to hem, if thei dwellen so as Y. ⁹ That if thei conteynen not hem silf, be thei weddid; for it is betere to be weddid, than to be brent. ¹⁰ But to hem that ben ioyned in matrymonye, Y comaunde, not Y, but the Lord, that the wijf departe not fro the hosebonde;

¹⁰ But to hem that ben ioyned in matrymonye, Y comaunde, not Y, but the Lord, that the wijf departe not fro the hosebonde; ¹¹ and that if sche departith, that sche dwelle vnweddid, or be recounselid to hir hosebonde; and the hosebonde forsake not the wijf.

¹¹ and that if sche departith, that sche dwelle vnweddid, or be recounselid to hir hosebonde; and the hosebonde forsake not the wijf. ¹² But to othere Y seie, not the Lord. If ony brother hath an vnfeithful wijf, and sche consenteth to dwelle with hym, leeue he hir not.

¹² But to othere Y seie, not the Lord. If ony brother hath an vnfeithful wijf, and sche consenteth to dwelle with hym, leeue he hir not. ¹³ And if ony womman hath an vnfeithful hosebonde, and this consentith to dwelle with hir, leeue sche not the hosebonde.

¹³ And if ony womman hath an vnfeithful hosebonde, and this consentith to dwelle with hir, leeue sche not the hosebonde. ¹⁴ For the vnfeithful hosebonde is halewid bi the feithful womman, and the vnfeithful womman is halewid bi the feithful hosebonde. Ellis youre children weren vncleene, but now thei ben hooli.

¹⁴ For the vnfeithful hosebonde is halewid bi the feithful womman, and the vnfeithful womman is halewid bi the feithful hosebonde. Ellis youre children weren vncleene, but now thei ben hooli.

¹⁷ But as the Lord hath departid to ech, and as God hath clepid ech man, so go he, as Y teche in alle chirchis.

²⁶ Therfor Y gesse, that this thing is good for the present nede; for it is good to a man to be so. ²⁷ Thou art boundun to a wijf, nyle thou seke vnbyndyng; thou art vnboundun fro a wijf, nyle thou seke a wijf. ²⁸ But if thou hast takun a wijf, thou hast not synned; and if a maidun is weddid, sche synnede not; nethelesse siche schulen haue tribulacioun of fleisch.

³² But Y wole, that ye be without bisynesse, for he that is without wijf, is bisi what thingis ben of the Lord, hou he schal plese God.

³² But Y wole, that ye be without bisynesse, for he that is without wijf, is bisi what thingis ben of the Lord, hou he schal plese God. ³³ But he that is with a wijf, is bysy what thingis ben of the world, hou he schal plese the wijf, and he is departid.

³³ But he that is with a wijf, is bysy what thingis ben of the world, hou he schal plese the wijf, and he is departid. ³⁴ And a womman vnweddid and maidun thenkith what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooli in bodi and spirit. But sche that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, hou sche schal plese the hosebonde.

³⁴ And a womman vnweddid and maidun thenkith what thingis ben of the Lord, that sche be hooli in bodi and spirit. But sche that is weddid, thenkith what thingis ben of the world, hou sche schal plese the hosebonde. ³⁵ And Y seie these thingis to youre profit, not that Y caste to you a snare, but to that that is onest, and that yyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the Lord.

³⁵ And Y seie these thingis to youre profit, not that Y caste to you a snare, but to that that is onest, and that yyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the Lord.

³⁵ And Y seie these thingis to youre profit, not that Y caste to you a snare, but to that that is onest, and that yyueth esynesse, with outen lettyng to make preieris to the Lord. ³⁶ And if ony man gessith hym silf to be seyn foule on his virgyn, that sche is ful woxun, and so it bihoueth to be doon, do sche that that sche wole; sche synneth not, if sche be weddid. ³⁷ For he that ordeynede stabli in his herte, not hauynge nede, but hauynge power of his wille, and hath demed in his herte this thing, to kepe his virgyn, doith wel. ³⁸ Therfore he that ioyneth his virgyn in matrymonye, doith wel; and he that ioyneth not, doith betere. ³⁹ The womman is boundun to the lawe, as longe tyme as hir hosebonde lyueth; and if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde, be sche weddid to whom sche wole, oneli in the Lord.

³⁹ The womman is boundun to the lawe, as longe tyme as hir hosebonde lyueth; and if hir hosebonde is deed, sche is delyuered fro the lawe of the hosebonde, be sche weddid to whom sche wole, oneli in the Lord. ⁴⁰ But sche schal be more blessid, if sche dwellith thus, aftir my counsel; and Y wene, that Y haue the Spirit of God.

⁵ Whether we han not power to lede aboute a womman a sistir, as also othere apostlis, and britheren of the Lord, and Cefas?

¹⁵ But Y vside noon of these thingis; sotheli Y wroot not these thingis, that tho be don so in me; for it is good `to me rather to die, than that ony man `auoyde my glorie.

²⁰ Britheren, nyle ye be maad children in wittis, but in malice be ye children; but in wittis be ye parfit.

¹⁶ Therfor we fro this tyme knowen no man aftir the fleische; thouy we knowun Crist aftir the fleisch, but nowe we knowun not.

¹⁰ For alle that ben of the werkis of the lawe, ben vndur curse; for it is writun, Ech man is cursid, that abidith not in alle thingis that ben writun in the book of the lawe, to do tho thingis. ¹¹ And that no man is iustified in the lawe bifor God, it is opyn, for a riytful man lyueth of bileue. ¹² But the lawe is not of bileue, but he that doith tho thingis of the lawe, schal lyue in hem. ¹³ But Crist ayenbouyte us fro the curse of the lawe, and was maad acursid for vs; for it is writun, Ech man is cursid that hangith in the tre;

²⁴ And so the lawe was oure vndirsmaister in Crist, that we ben iustified of bileue.

⁷ Ye runnen wel; who lettide you that ye obeyede not to treuthe?

¹⁴ For euery lawe is fulfillid in o word, Thou schalt loue thi neiybore as thi silf.

⁵ For wite ye this, and vndurstonde, that ech letchour, or vnclene man, or coueytouse, that serueth to mawmetis, hath not eritage in the kingdom of Crist and of God.

²⁸ So and men `schulen loue her wyues, as her owne bodies. He that loueth his wijf, loueth hym silf;

³¹ For this thing a man schal forsake his fadir and modir, and he schal drawe to his wijf; and thei schulen be tweyne in o fleisch.

¹ Sones, obeische ye to youre fadir and modir, in the Lord; for this thing is riytful. ² Onoure thou thi fadir and thi modir, that is the firste maundement in biheest;

⁶ bi loue pursuynge the chirche of God, bi riytwisnesse that is in the lawe lyuynge with out playnt.

⁸ Netheles Y gesse alle thingis to be peirement for the cleer science of Jhesu Crist my Lord. For whom Y made alle thingis peyrement, and Y deme as drit,

¹² Not that now Y haue takun, or now am parfit; but Y sue, if in ony maner Y comprehende, in which thing also Y am comprehendid of Crist Jhesu. ¹³ Bretheren, Y deme me not that Y haue comprehendid; but o thing, Y foryete tho thingis that ben bihyndis, and stretche forth my silf to tho thingis that ben bifore, ¹⁴ and pursue to the ordeyned mede of the hiy clepyng of God in Crist Jhesu. ¹⁵ Therfor who euere we ben perfit, feele we this thing. And if ye vndurstonden in othere manere ony thing, this thing God schal schewe to you.

⁵ Therfor sle ye youre membris, whiche ben on the erthe, fornycacioun, vnclennesse, letcherie, yuel coueitise, and aueryse, which is seruyse of mawmetis;

⁷ and to you that ben troblid, rest with vs in the schewing of the Lord Jhesu fro heuene, with aungelis of his vertu, ⁸ in the flawme of fier, that schal yyue veniaunce to hem that knowen not God, and that obeien not to the euangelie of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. ⁹ Whiche schulen suffre euere lastinge peynes, in perischinge fro the face of the Lord, and fro the glorie of his vertu, ¹⁰ whanne he schal come to be glorified in hise seyntis, and to be maad wondurful in alle men that bileueden, for oure witnessing is bileuyd on you, in that dai.

¹⁶ But therfor Y haue getun merci, that Crist Jhesu schulde schewe in me first al pacience, to the enfourmyng of hem that schulen bileue to hym in to euerlastinge lijf.

³ forbedinge to be weddid, to absteyne fro metis, whiche God made to take with doyng of thankingis, to feithful men, and hem that han knowe the treuthe.

¹¹ But eschewe thou yongere widewis; for whanne thei han do letcherie, thei wolen be weddid in Crist, ¹² hauynge dampnacioun, for thei han maad voide the firste feith. ¹³ Also thei idil lernen to go aboute housis, not oneli ydel, but ful of wordis and curiouse, spekynge thingis that bihoueth not. ¹⁴ Therfor Y wole, that yongere widewis be weddid, and bringe forth children, and ben hosewyues, to yyue noon occasioun to the aduersarie, bi cause of cursid thing. ¹⁵ For now summe ben turned abak aftir Sathanas.

⁹ For thei that wolen be maad riche, fallen in to temptacioun, and `in to snare of the deuel, and in to many vnprofitable desiris and noyous, whiche drenchen men in to deth and perdicioun. ¹⁰ For the rote of alle yuelis is coueytise, which summen coueitinge erriden fro the feith, and bisettiden hem with many sorewis.

¹² Stryue thou a good strijf of feith, catche euerlastinge lijf, in to which thou art clepid, and hast knoulechid a good knouleching bifor many witnessis.

¹⁷ Amen. Comaunde thou to the riche men of this world, that thei vndurstonde not hiyli, nether that thei hope in vncerteynte of richessis, but in the lyuynge God, that yyueth to vs alle thingis plenteuously to vse; ¹⁸ to do wel, to be maad riche in good werkis, liytli to yyue, ¹⁹ to comyne, to tresoure to hem silf a good foundement in to tyme to comynge, that thei catche euerlastinge lijf.

¹⁹ to comyne, to tresoure to hem silf a good foundement in to tyme to comynge, that thei catche euerlastinge lijf.

¹² if we suffren, we schulen regne togidere; if we denyen, he schal denye vs;

¹⁵ for thou hast knowun hooli lettris fro thi youthe, whiche moun lerne thee to heelthe, bi feith that is in Crist Jhesu.

² whiche is aftir pitee, in to the hope of euerlastinge lijf, which lijf God that lieth not, bihiyte bifore tymes of the world;

⁷ oure saueour, that we iustified bi his grace, ben eiris by hope of euerlastinge lijf.

⁹ where youre fadris temptiden me, and preueden, and siyen my werkis fourti yeeris.

¹ Therfor drede we, lest perauenture while the biheest of entryng in to his reste is left, that ony of vs be gessid to be awei.

³⁴ For also to boundun men ye hadden compassioun, and ye resseyueden with ioye the robbyng of youre goodis, knowinge that ye han a betere and a dwellinge substaunce.

⁴ `Wedding is in alle thingis onourable, and bed vnwemmed; for God schal deme fornicatouris and auouteris.

⁹ And a meke brother haue glorie in his enhaunsyng, ¹⁰ and a riche man in his lownesse; for as the flour of gras he schal passe. ¹¹ The sunne roos vp with heete, and driede the gras, and the flour of it felde doun, and the fairnesse of his chere perischide; and so a riche man welewith in hise weies.

¹⁷ Ech good yifte, and ech perfit yifte is from aboue, and cometh doun fro the fadir of liytis, anentis whom is noon other chaungyng, ne ouerschadewyng of reward.

⁶ But ye han dispisid the pore man. Whether riche men oppressen not you bi power, and thei drawen you to domes?

⁸ Netheles if ye performen the kingis lawe, bi scripturis, Thou schalt loue thi neiybour as thi silf, ye don wel.

¹⁰ And who euere kepith al the lawe, but offendith in oon, he is maad gilti of alle. ¹¹ For he that seide, Thou schalt do no letcherie, seide also, Thou schalt not sle; that if thou doist not letcherie, but thou sleest, thou art maad trespassour of the lawe.

¹ Do now, ye riche men, wepe ye, yellinge in youre wretchidnessis that schulen come to you. ² Youre richessis ben rotun, and youre clothis ben etun of mouytis. ³ Youre gold and siluer hath rustid, and the rust of hem schal be to you in to witnessyng, and schal ete youre fleischis, as fier. Ye han tresourid to you wraththe in the last daies. ⁴ Lo! the hire of youre werke men, that repiden youre feeldis, which is fraudid of you, crieth; and the cry of hem hath entrid in to the eeris of the Lord of oostis.

¹ Therfor putte ye awei al malice, and al gile, and feynyngis, and enuyes, and alle bacbityngis; ² as now borun yonge children, resonable, with out gile, coueite ye mylk, that in it ye wexe in to helthe; if netheles ye han tastid,

¹⁴ If ye ben dispisid for the name of Crist, ye schulen be blessid; for that that is of the onour, and of the glorie, and of the vertu of God, and the spirit that is his, schal reste on you.

¹³ Also we abiden bi hise biheestis newe heuenes and newe erthe, in which riytwisnesse dwellith.

² And we sayn, and we witnessen, and tellen to you the euerlastynge lijf, that was anentis the fadir, and apperide to vs.

²⁵ And this is the biheeste, that he bihiyte to vs euerlastinge lijf.

⁸ He that loueth not, knowith not God; for God is charite. ⁹ In this thing the charite of God apperide in vs, for God sente hise oon bigetun sone in to the world, that we lyue bi hym. ¹⁰ In this thing is charite, not as we hadden loued God, but for he firste louede vs, and sente hise sone foryyuenesse for oure synnes.

¹⁶ And we han knowun, and bileuen to the charite, that God hath in vs. God is charite, and he that dwellith in charite, dwellith in God, and God in hym.

¹¹ And this is the witnessyng, for God yaf to you euerlastinge lijf, and this lijf is in his sone. ¹² He that hath the sone of God, hath also lijf; he that hath not the sone of God, hath not lijf. ¹³ I write to you these thingis, that ye wite, that ye han euerlastynge lijf, which bileuen in the name of Goddis sone.

²⁰ And we witen, that the sone of God cam in fleisch, and yaf to vs wit, that we know veri God, and be in the veri sone of hym.

⁷ For thei wenten forth for his name, and token no thing of hethene men.

²¹ and kepe you silf in the loue of God, and abide ye the merci of oure Lord Jhesu Crist in to lijf euerlastynge.

²⁶ And to hym that schal ouercome, and that schal kepe til in to the ende my werkis, Y schal yyue power on folkis, ²⁷ and he schal gouerne hem in an yrun yerde; and thei schulen be brokun to gidre,

²¹ And Y schal yyue to hym that schal ouercome, to sitte with me in my trone, as also Y ouercam, and sat with my fadir in his trone.

⁴ And in the cumpas of the seete weren foure and twenti smale seetis; and aboue the troones foure and twenti eldre men sittinge, hilid aboute with whijt clothis, and in the heedis of hem goldun corouns.

⁴ And I herde the noumbre of men that weren markid, an hundrid thousynde and foure and fourti thousynde markid, of euery lynage of the sones of Israel;

¹ And a greet signe apperide in heuene; a womman clothid with the sunne, and the moone vndur hir feet, and in the heed of hir a coroun of twelue sterris.

⁴ And Y say seetis, and thei saten on hem, and doom was youun to hem. And the soulis of men biheedid for the witnessyng of Jhesu, and for the word of God, and hem that worschipiden not the beeste, nether the ymage of it, nethir token the carect of it in her forheedis, nethir in her hoondis. And thei lyueden, and regneden with Crist a thousynde yeeris.

¹¹ Amen. And Y say a greet white trone, and oon sittynge on it, fro whos siyt erthe fled and heuene; and the place is not foundun `of hem. <sup>12</sup> And Y sai deed men, grete and smale, stondynge in the siyt of the trone; and bookis weren opened, and deed men weren demed of these thingis that weren writun in the bookis, aftir the werkis of hem. <sup>13</sup> And the see yaf his deed men, that weren in it; and deth and helle yauen her deed men, that weren in hem. And it was demed of ech, aftir the werkis of hem. <sup>14</sup> And helle and deth weren sent in to a poole of fier. `This is the secunde deth. ¹⁵ And he that was not foundun writun in the book of lijf, was sent in to the pool of fier.

⁵ And he seide, that sat in the trone, Lo! Y make alle thingis newe. And he seide to me, Write thou, for these wordis ben moost feithful and trewe.

¹² And it hadde a walle greet and hiy, hauynge twelue yatis, and in the yatis of it twelue aungels, and names writun in, that ben the names of twelue lynagis of the sones of Israel; fro the east thre yatis, ¹³ and fro the north thre yatis, and fro the south thre yatis, and fro the west thre yatis. ¹⁴ And the wal of the citee hadde twelue foundementis, and in hem the twelue names of twelue apostlis, and of the lomb.

² in the myddil of the street of it. And on ech side of the flood, the tree of lijf, bryngynge forth twelue fruytis, yeldinge his fruit bi ech monethe; and the leeues of the tree ben to heelthe of folkis.